Edwin Osebe Agasa

The Iron Cage

The Psycho-Social Effects of Incarceration on Kenyan Inmates

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Produktbeschreibung

This study was an attempt to establish the effects of imprisonment on inmates in Kenya. These effects were classified into five groups: Social, Economic, Psychological, Physical and Health effects. The study was conducted at two prisons; Industrial Area Remand and Lang'ata Women's prisons. This research was grounded on the assumptions of the classical theory of punishment that states that crime is a rational behaviour that individuals enter into knowing all the consequences of their action. This involves a cost benefit analysis; pleasure versus pain. The choice is directed towards the maximization of pleasure. On the other hand, the rehabilitation model asserts that these choices are not a matter of free will but are influenced by an individual's personal surrounding, psychological make-up and biological composition. This study was descriptive in design and used both probability and non-probability sampling procedures. The respondents under study were 58 in number; 34 males and 24 females. Both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection were used in this study.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 104
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 173g
• ISBN-13: 9783659220043
• ISBN-10: 3659220043
• Artikelnr.: 56880381

Autorenporträt

Mr. Osebe Agasa holds a Master of Arts Degree in Sociology (Criminology) and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology; both from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. He is a Doctorate candidate at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya. Edwin has over ten years of experience working in Civil Service and at the University.